Camilla tells ‘bedraggled’ Duchess Kate to cut her hair: Report

There are reports that the Duchess of Cornwall, right, has told Kate, both shown here in a 2011 file photo, to cut her hair.

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It has been a hair-raising week for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

First there were reports that a former royal hair stylist thought that Kate’s blowout was “overdone.”

Now there is speculation that Kate is being urged to cut off her famous, glossy locks. Adding insult to injury, the person behind the Kate-Should-Cut-Her-Hair campaign is reported to be Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — Kate’s step-mother-in-law.

According to the Daily Star, Camilla seems to think it’s “high time” Kate went in for a trim.

“Camilla believes Kate was letting the royal side down last week when strong winds made a mess of her long flowing tresses as she opened a new art room at Northolt School in north London,” the Star reported, citing a royal source who says “the royals always want to look smart and Kate is letting the side down. She has looked bedraggled recently and it’s not a good image.”

This is not the first time that Camilla has reportedly told Kate what to do with her hair. The Daily Mail reported in 2011 that “Camilla loves Kate’s long thick hair but thinks she should cut it or colour it and do something a bit different.”

Poor Kate is ever the target of advice about her hair. Last fall she was criticized about the appearance of a few gray hairs that were visible at an event she attended in November — some speculated she had given up hair dyes while she was breastfeeding Prince George. A few weeks later, though, she was praised for going a few shades darker and having a trim.

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